Environmental factors controlling oyster shell deposits, Texas Coast

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noAcc#4528-Box #14en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorScott, Alan J.en_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings of the Fourth Forum on Geology of Industrial Minerals held on March 14 and 15, 1968 at Austin, Texasen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:09:23Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:09:23Z
dc.date.issued1968en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description22 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractIn recent years the demand for cement has increased tremendously along the Gulf Coast. Oyster shell is the only significant source of the lime needed for the cement for a distance of over 100 miles, and as such is being actively exploited by several cement companies. Dredging of living oyster reefs in the Texas bays is limited by low, therefore, it is desirable to develop exploration methods for buried reefs. In the past, exploration programs have been based upon surveys with steel probes. The State of Texas also has completed a sonoprobe survey of some of the bays during the early developmental stages of acoustical profiling apparatus. A more effective exploration program could be developed based upon a knowledge of the environmental tolerances of oysters, the geologic and depositional history of the area, and an analysis of cores to determine paleoenvironmental conditions. Large areas could be eliminated from consideration and favorable areas studied in more detail by applying these techniques.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGulf Coasten_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.history9/5/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22334
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Archives Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherBureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austinen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries4528.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectoystersen_US
dc.subjectshellsen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental factorsen_US
dc.subjectoyster reefsen_US
dc.subjectdredgingen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental aspectsen_US
dc.subjectoyster shellen_US
dc.titleEnvironmental factors controlling oyster shell deposits, Texas Coasten_US
dc.typeChapteren_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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